" When you are tempted to use words as weapons
   ask yourself what you hope to gain."

"And I asked the Wise men,
"When will I know of His Coming?"
And They answered,
"By your Tears, that even now
like the rain, are there, but not
quite ready to quench the parched
desert of your Soul".
And I asked, "From where will He come?"
And they answered, "He is even now closer
to you than you are to yourself,
but the eyes which can see Him
are still asleep."
And I asked, "When will these eyes awake?"
And they answered, "Only He can awaken
these eyes from the deep slumber of time..."
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The best time to be awake, is when living your life.

The best time to dream is while awake…
( Why not enjoy and shape your dreams actively?)

The best time to live is now.

The best time.... which is the best time… is when mixing all of the above at once. 

(You will discover grace within this mixing.)

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"The moment you realize you are not present, 

you ARE present." 

~Eckhart Tolle~
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In caring for others and serving heaven,
There is nothing like using restraint.
Restraint begins with giving up one's own ideas.
This depends on Virtue gathered in the past.
If there is a good store of Virtue, then nothing is impossible.
If nothing is impossible, then there are no limits.
If a man knows no limits, then he is fit to be a ruler.
The mother principle of ruling holds good for a long time.
This is called having deep roots and a firm foundation,
The Tao of long life and eternal vision.

Awakening

In spiritual life there is no room for compromise. Awakening is not negotiable. We cannot bargain to hold on to things that please us while relinquishing things that do not matter to us.
A lukewarm yearning for awakening is not enough to sustain us through the difficulties involved in letting go.
It is important to understand that anything that can be lost was never truly ours and anything that we deeply cling to only imprisons us.....(Jack Kornfield)g g g